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==Early life and education== The younger son of Congressman [[Charles S. Dewey]] and his wife, Marie Suzette de Marigny Hall Dewey,<ref name=CassJ-CDT-1942-08-01>{{Cite news |first=Judith |last=Cass |title=A. Peter Dewey Takes Bride in Capital Today |page=13 |publisher=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]] |location=Chicago, Il. |date=August 1, 1942 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=MRS. C.S. Dewey, Red Cross Leader; Former Director in Chicago and Washington Dies β Wife of Ex-Legislator |page=21 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |location= New York, NY |date=December 14, 1957 }}</ref> and also a distant relative of New York Governor [[Thomas E. Dewey]],<ref>{{cite book |author=Morgan, Ted |title=Valley of Death: The Tragedy at Dien Bien Phu that Led America into the Vietnam War |location=New York |publisher=Random House |year=2010 |page=66 }}</ref> Dewey was born in Chicago. He was educated in Switzerland at [[Institut Le Rosey]], before attending at [[St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire)]]. He graduated from [[Yale University]], where he studied French history and was a member of the [[Berzelius (secret society)|Berzelius]] Secret Society along with friends such as [[William Warren Scranton]].<ref>[http://images.library.yale.edu/madid/oneItem.aspx?id=1772773&q=&q1=&q2=&qc1=&qc2=&qf1=&qf2=&qn=5565&qo=&qm=&qs=&sid=&qx= The Manuscripts and Archives Digital Images Database (MADID)<!-- bot-generated title -->] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231452/http://images.library.yale.edu/madid/oneItem.aspx?id=1772773&q=&q1=&q2=&qc1=&qc2=&qf1=&qf2=&qn=5565&qo=&qm=&qs=&sid=&qx= |date=2016-03-03 }} at mssa.library.yale.edu</ref> Later, Dewey also attended the [[University of Virginia School of Law]].
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